A cast tongue shaped coper-alloy strap end found near Haxey, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0
A cast tongue shaped coper-alloy strap end found near Haxey, Lincolnshire. (c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0

Copper-Alloy Strap-End (NLM-B633CE)

A cast tongue-shaped copper-alloy strap-end found near Haxey, Lincolnshire

The decoration on this cast copper-alloy strap-end involves a series of deep longitudinal grooves which may actually represent previous damage. If decorative, the object is similar to Thomas Class E Type 3 strap ends whose distribution generally falls in the eastern Danelaw and around the Irish Sea. Strap ends came in various styles and were fairly common throughout the Viking world. They were used to decorate the ends of belts and to stop them getting damaged.

Object Type

Strap end

Date

circa 850 — 1000

Ascribed Culture

Original/Reproduction

Original

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

belt_fitting, copper_alloy, Irish_Sea, Lincolnshire, Portable_Antiquities_Scheme, strap_end, Viking

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

(c) Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY-SA 2.0

References

Portable Antiquities Scheme

Thomas, Gabor. “A survey of late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends from Britain.” PhD diss., University of London, 2000.

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